haunted history
-
Abandoned
The Alderwyn Cottage Left Vacant After Lakeshore Decline
The Alderwyn Cottage was built in 1907 and first occupied by the Harlan family, who moved to the lakeshore grove…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Wrenfield Mansion Left Vacant After Prairie Decline
The Wrenfield Mansion was established in 1909 by the Calder family, agricultural coordinators who relocated to the sunflower prairie during…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Viremont Mansion Left Vacant After Canyon Collapse
The Viremont Mansion was completed in 1911 and first occupied by the Delacroix family, geological survey contractors who relocated into…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Alderwatch Mansion Left Vacant After Alpine Decline
The Alderwatch Mansion was completed in 1912 and occupied by the Kessler family, minor industrial suppliers who relocated into the…
Read More -
Abandoned
Aurelia of the Drowned Horizon
A vast Victorian mansion rises from a tidal mangrove expanse like a fading imperial memory, its sapphire-azure façades and amber-opaline…
Read More -
Abandoned
A small secluded Victorian cottage built into the edge of a misty woodland ravine, where the home feels gently pressed between forest floor and rising earth, as if it grew naturally out of the landscape rather than being constructed. The structure is compact and humble—single to one-and-a-half stories—built from pale river stone and darkened oak beams that have softened over time into warm brown and charcoal tones.
The exterior walls are slightly irregular, their stonework hand-laid and weathered by decades of rain and shade. Cream-colored mortar has…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Larkwell Conservatory Manor Left to Botanical Collapse
→ The Larkwell Conservatory Manor was constructed in 1889 as an experimental fusion of domestic residence and botanical conservatory, built…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Harringstone Quarry Manor Left Vacant After Works Closure
→ The Harringstone Quarry Manor was completed in 1896, carved directly into the vertical face of Stonefall Quarry’s eastern wall.…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Crescent Pond House Left Vacant After Family Loss
The Crescent Pond House was completed in 1906 on the edge of a narrow ornamental pond in rural Somerset. Commissioned…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Stone Arch Manor Left Empty After Inheritance Dispute
Stone Arch Manor was completed in 1908 in a secluded meadow where an ancient limestone arch stood beside a narrow…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Halewick Quarry Manor Left Vacant After Stoneworks Closure
The Halewick Quarry Manor was constructed in 1903 at the base of a decommissioned stone quarry outside a small industrial…
Read More -
Abandoned
The Blackwake Hull House Left Abandoned After Coastal Yard Closure
The Blackwake Hull House was established in 1902 following the grounding of the SS Blackwake, a large iron-hulled vessel that…
Read More
